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Galactic astrophysicist Jo Bovy awarded Steacie Prize for research into the lives of galaxies

Galactic astrophysicist Jo Bovy awarded Steacie Prize for research into the lives of galaxies

  by Chris Sasaki – A&S News Professor Jo Bovy, a galactic astrophysicist in the Faculty of Arts & Science’s David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, has received the distinguished Steacie Prize for 2024 for his research into galactic dynamics, galaxy formation and…

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Astronomers find first actively forming galaxy as lightweight as young Milky Way

Astronomers find first actively forming galaxy as lightweight as young Milky Way

  by A&S News NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy seen 600 million years after the Big Bang, that is similar to what our Milky Way galaxy might have been like at the same stage of development. Nicknamed the Firefly…

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Astronomers Discover First Population of White Dwarf-Main Sequence Star Binaries in Open Clusters

Astronomers Discover First Population of White Dwarf-Main Sequence Star Binaries in Open Clusters

  By Ilana MacDonald, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics A team of astronomers, led by David A. Dunlap Department for Astronomy & Astrophysics (DADDAA) graduate student Steffani Grondin, has discovered the first population of white dwarf-main sequence stellar binary candidates in open star clusters….

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U of T Student Receives 2024 Mercedes T. Richards Award for Excellence in Summer Undergraduate Research

U of T Student Receives 2024 Mercedes T. Richards Award for Excellence in Summer Undergraduate Research

  By Ilana MacDonald, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics Chris Lansdale, who recently completed his undergraduate degree in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, was the recipient of the third annual Mercedes T. Richards Award for Excellence in Summer Undergraduate Research. Over the…

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Professor Maria Drout Named to the 2024 TIME100 Next List

Professor Maria Drout Named to the 2024 TIME100 Next List

  By Ilana MacDonald, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto The 2024 TIME 100 Next lineup was announced this week and among the individuals who are shaping the future of their fields was Associate Professor Maria Drout of the David A. Dunlap…

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Cosmologist Renée Hložek receives Rutherford Memorial Medal for exploring the mysteries of our universe

Cosmologist Renée Hložek receives Rutherford Memorial Medal for exploring the mysteries of our universe

  By Sean McNeely, Arts & Science News For advancing our understanding of the universe’s structure, origin and evolution, cosmologist Renée Hložek has received the Rutherford Memorial Medal from the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). “It was something that I wanted, but not something that…

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New Citizen Science Project “Galaxy Zoo: Euclid” Empowers the Public to Train AI with Euclid Space Telescope Data

New Citizen Science Project “Galaxy Zoo: Euclid” Empowers the Public to Train AI with Euclid Space Telescope Data

  By Ilana MacDonald, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto A new citizen science project has launched thanks to a team that includes researchers from the Dunlap Institute. “Galaxy Zoo: Euclid” will allow members of the public to help classify galaxies in…

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Dunlap Institute’s Ultraviolet Camera (LUVCam) Successfully Reaches Orbit on First Ariane 6 Rocket Launch

Dunlap Institute’s Ultraviolet Camera (LUVCam) Successfully Reaches Orbit on First Ariane 6 Rocket Launch

  By Ilana MacDonald, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto The European Space Agency’s (ESA) brand-new Ariane 6 rocket had a successful inaugural launch on Tuesday, July 9. Departing from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the mission carried an array of satellites,…

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Origins of fast radio bursts come into focus through polarized light

Origins of fast radio bursts come into focus through polarized light

Study detailing the properties of polarized light from 128 non-repeating FRBs reveals mysterious cosmic explosions originate in far-away galaxies like our own Milky Way What scientists previously thought about where Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) come from is just the tip of the iceberg, according to…

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U of T astronomers collaborate with Kâpapâmahchakwêw – Wandering Spirit School on science programming for Indigenous students

U of T astronomers collaborate with Kâpapâmahchakwêw – Wandering Spirit School on science programming for Indigenous students

The buds of a partnership between the Dunlap Institute, the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Kâpapâmahchakwêw – Wandering Spirit School in Toronto started to bloom in time for this year’s total solar eclipse.  Kâpapâmahchakwêw – Wandering Spirit School provides Indigenous students…

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